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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Aleksandar Matanovi, Alisa Mari, Bojan Vu kovi, Borislav Ivkov, Borislav Mili, Boris Kosti, Bo ko Abramovi, Branko Damljanovi, Dimitrije Bjelica, Dragan olak, Dragoljub iri, Dragoljub Jano evi, Dragoljub Velimirovi, Dragutin Sahovi, Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov, Igor Miladinovi, Imre Konig, Ivan Ivani evi, Ljubomir Ljubojevi, Maria Manakova, Marjan Kova evi, Milan Matulovi, Milan Velimirovi, Milan Vukcevich, Milan Vuki, Milunka Lazarevi, Miodrag Todorcevic, Mirjana Mari, Mirko Broder, Ozren Nedeljkovi, Petar Popovi (chess player), Petar Trifunovi, Robert Marku, Slobodan Martinovi, Svetlana Prudnikova, Svetozar Gligori . Excerpt: Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was the first ever World Junior Champion in 1951. He won the Yugoslav Championship in 1958 (joint), 1963 (joint) and 1972. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. Ivkov represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships. Ivkov won nearly two dozen high-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam 1974, and Moscow 1999. For more than 15 years from the mid-1950s, he was the second-ranking Yugoslav player, after Svetozar Gligori . He remains an active tournament competitor at age 78, having played successfully in the 2007 Canadian Open in Ottawa. He is preparing his chess autobiography. Ivkov earned his National Master title in 1949 at age 16, by placing shared 4th-7th in the Yugoslav Championship at Zagreb, with 11/19; the winner was Svetozar Gligori . Ivkov earned his first international event opportunity at Bled 1950, sharing 5th-6th places with 7.5/14; the winner was Miguel Najdorf. In this tournament, which featured some of the world's best players, Ivkov defeated well-known stars such as Herman Pilnik, Milan Vidmar Sr., and Vasja Pirc. After this impressive debut, he was selected to represent Yugoslavia in team matches against the United States and the Netherlands in 1950 and against West Germany in 1951. Ivkov won the inaugural World Junior Chess Championship in 1951 at Birmingham; this tournament was established for players under age 20. He continued his progress with two solid showings in Yugoslav Championships: at Sarajevo 1951 he tied 10th-12th places with 9.5/19 (winner Braslav Rabar), and at Belgrade 1952 he tied 7th-9th places with 10/19 (winner Petar Trifunovi ). At Opatija 1953, Ivkov scored 10/17 for
